After Trump election win, wave of hate attacks hit Canada

Since the November 8 election south of the border, which saw Donald Trump successfully win the presidency of the United States, there has been a rise in racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic attacks in Canada.

Unfortunately, these are not isolated incidents in Canada. Even before the U.S. election was decided, a B.C. man was caught hurling racist insults at a parking attendant who was writing him a ticket. About a week after the election, Richmond, B.C. residents received flyers urging white people to stand up against their Asian neighbours who they claim are “taking over” the city.

Last week in Toronto, Ont., a man on a TTC streetcar was caught on video harassing another TTC passenger in a racist tirade. Another Toronto incident, during that same week, saw a slew of posters put up that urged white people to join the “Alt-Right” movement. The movement centers on far-right ideas of white identity and the preservation of “western civilization.”

These attacks have been widely condemned by Canadian politicians at all levels:

To the Canadian Jewish community: I stand with you. Our government denounces recent acts of anti-Semitism in the strongest terms.

These incidents, both in Canada and the U.S. have been blamed on president-elect Donald Trump’s supposed enabling of the alt-right movement. However, very little is known about the people who are committing these hate crimes, because few have been caught by police so far.